The Palace of Arts presents an eight-star concert comprising a star orchestra, star conductor and star soloist playing together in the five-star acoustic surroundings of the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is the oldest symphony orchestra still performing in the world today. Over a long history stretching back to 1781, it has boasted musical directors of the stature of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Artúr Nikisch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bruno Walter, Hermann Abend...roth and Kurt Masur, the latter filling the position for almost three decades. Riccardo Chailly has led the ensemble since 2005 and has a contract running until 2015. The hallmark of his contribution over recent years has been a series of large-scale recordings such as the Schumann symphonies in arrangements by Mahler, the Brahms piano concertos, works by Bach and the symphonies of Beethoven. Guest artist Leonidas Kavakos scarcely needs introduction as we have already had the good fortune to welcome him to the Palace of Arts on several occasions. Suffice to say that he is one of the finest violinists of our times. He will play Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a highly complex, large-scale composition that the composer dedicated to David Oistrakh and that was only premièred 7-8 years after its completion, following the death of Stalin. The interesting aspect of the Brahms work to be performed after the interval is that the main theme of the first movement returns in the fourth movement, bookending the composer’s shortest symphony with a tranquil epilogue. Presented by: Palace of Arts
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